What is the difference between Blood Thorn and Blushing Flesh?

ΔE 20 (loose). Blushing Flesh is a little lighter, warmer. Swatch colours are estimates.

Blood Thorn vs Blushing Flesh

Blood Thorn

Brand: Army Painter
Range: John Blanche Vol. 1-4
Code: Vol. 4
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #b9193d (estimate)

Blushing Flesh

Brand: Green Stuff World
Range: Acrylic Colors
Code: 1827
Type: an opaque base/layer paint
Swatch: #d44337 (estimate)

How close are they?

ΔE 19.7, loose: different enough that you should pick on purpose. Blushing Flesh is a little lighter, warmer than Blood Thorn.

Can I use Blushing Flesh instead of Blood Thorn?

Not as a straight swap; see the closer alternatives below. Loose match (ΔE 20). Blushing Flesh is a little lighter, warmer than Blood Thorn.

Can I use Blood Thorn instead of Blushing Flesh?

The same difference applies the other way round: Blood Thorn is a little darker, cooler.

ΔE is the colour difference between our two swatch estimates: under about 6 is close, over about 15 is loose. Real paints also differ in finish, coverage and how they thin, so test before you commit.

See Blood Thorn on the colour wheel See Blushing Flesh on the colour wheel

Other Green Stuff World paints close to Blood Thorn

Blood Thorn vs Lollipop Magenta (1839)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 16, loose · closer than Blushing Flesh
Blood Thorn vs Scab Red (4116)Opaque Colors · ΔE 18, loose · closer than Blushing Flesh
Blood Thorn vs Carnage Red (3218)Acrylic Colors · ΔE 19, loose · closer than Blushing Flesh

Other Army Painter paints close to Blushing Flesh

Blushing Flesh vs Blood ChaliceWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 8, close · closer than Blood Thorn
Blushing Flesh vs Sacred ScarletWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 9, close · closer than Blood Thorn
Blushing Flesh vs Angelic RedWarpaints Fanatic · ΔE 10, fair · closer than Blood Thorn

All matches: Blood Thorn equivalents · Blushing Flesh equivalents